Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

Background Nursing shortages, particularly in critical care units, are a major concern
worldwide. Job satisfaction is a key factor associated with the high turnover of critical care …

Objective: To assess the number of adult critical care beds in Asian countries and regions in
relation to population size. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Twenty …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic will test the capacity of health systems worldwide and
especially so in low-and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess …

Objective As 'critical illness' and 'critical care'lack consensus definitions, this study aimed to
explore how the concepts' are used, describe their defining attributes, and propose potential …

In many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with improved public health services like
sanitation and immunization, the relative importance of curative care to improve health …

Background Globally, critical illness results in millions of deaths every year. Although many
of these deaths are potentially preventable, the basic, life-saving care of critically ill patients …

Aim The aim of the study was to deductively study person-centred care, based on critical
care nurses' experiences during the first phase of the CoViD-19 pandemic. Design The …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a disease spectrum ranging from mild to severe with an
unpredictable natural course. Majority of cases (80%) are mild and self-limiting. However …

Caring for critically ill patients is challenging in resource-limited settings, where the burden
of disease and mortality from potentially treatable illnesses is higher than in resource-rich …